EXCLUSIVE : Frank Grillo, Reid Scott, Beau Knapp, and Tyrese Gibson are set to join Naomie Harris in the Deon Taylor-directed cop thriller Black And Blue , which is setup under Sony ’s Screen Gems label.
Written by Peter A. Dowling, the pic follows a rookie cop (Harris) in New Orleans who witnesses corrupt officers murdering a drug dealer, an event that is captured by her body cam. When they then fail to execute her she escapes and is hunted throughout the night by the narcs who are desperate to destroy the incriminating footage.
Sean Sorensen of Royal Viking Entertainment is producing with Taylor’s Hidden Empire Film Group production shingle. Hidden Empire partner Roxanne Avent will serve as exec producer while Eric Paquette is overseeing the project for Screen Gems.
Grillo, whose credits include Captain America , The Purge franchise, and Kingdom , is repped by WME, Management 360, and Attorney Erik Hyman.
Veep star Scott, who is set to reprise his role in the seventh and final season of the HBO comedy, appears opposite Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling in the film Late Night, which will premiere at this month’s Sundance Film Festival. He’s is repped by Impression Entertainment, Gersh, and Stone, Genow, Smelkinson, Binder & Christopher.